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LADWP presents $9.29 billion preliminary budget emphasizing reliability, renewables and water projects
Summary
LADWP presented a $9.291 billion preliminary FY 2025–26 budget highlighting power reliability (pole and transformer replacements), renewable integration and water system investments including the Tillman Groundwater Replenishment Project.
Janice Quinones, CEO and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, presented the utility’s preliminary FY 2025–26 budget to the Budget Committee.
Quinones said LADWP’s preliminary net appropriations total roughly $9.291 billion and include funding for about 12,803 funded positions. The proposed power program emphasizes system reliability (pole, crossarm and transformer replacement), renewable portfolio expansion and transmission investments, and infrastructure projects to support LA100 goals. LADWP said it expects to replace about 4,000 poles, 13,900 crossarms and roughly 1,340 distribution transformers in the coming year, and noted power reliability and resiliency projects together account for a sizable fraction of power capital and operating costs.
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